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Default Harold's New York Deli, Edison, NJ

Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> On 2014-12-15 13:55:01 +0000, Steve Freides said:
>
>> Anyone else ever eat here?
>>
>> http://www.haroldsfamousdeli.com/
>>
>> I was at an event over the weekend and this was the restaurant at the
>> attached hotel, so my wife and I went there for breakfast yesterday.
>> Eggs Benedict was $!6.95, 3 eggs on one and a half English Muffins -
>> I couldn't eat the third piece, anyway. My wife had scrambled eggs
>> and sausages and didn't especially care for either. We both had
>> home fries which were passable. Coffee wasn't mediocre, too.
>>
>> Some of the dinner entry prices are so high as to be unbelievable,
>> although when I looked at the menu in person, it does offer half the
>> portion for half the price, which at least brings it down to
>> something approaching normal.
>>
>> Curious to know if anyone here has actually had a lunch or dinner
>> there. It gets 4.1 out of 5 stars on its Google reviews, which is
>> more than I'd give it. Based on the online menu, I wouldn't have
>> gone there except that it saved us having to put on coats and get
>> into the car for breakfast.
>>
>> -S-

>
> A $31.95 sandwich. Now I've seen it all.


If it feeds 3 people, it becomes an $11 sandwich, and I've certainly
seen worse than that.

There was (is?) an Italian place on B-way in the low 90's that served
only family style - similarly high prices per dish but everything was
sized for several people. Found it - see
http://carmines2go.com/menu/91st

-S-